jill wrote:
> At only 2% of the population, you bet we farmers get bullied and pushed
> around a lot. This is why I beg people to open their eyes: at this rate
> small family farms could cease to exist in a few decades: and if that
> happens, there will be no no choice but exhorbidant prices and/or bad
> food. The other option is to grow some of your food. Ya know Omelet, if
> you were my neighbor I would probably give you some of that wonderful
> fresh lettuce I could not get to market to sell yesterday. Moral of the
> story is: it would be really nice if people would start to sing that
> old song en-mass "Where have all the Farmers gone?" It's a good
> question for politicians.In the Meantime, localharvest.org has a really
> good list of some of them. I would be the one that's Cedar Hill Farm in
> Minnesota
> jill stardust
>
Unfortunately all of the marketing by big companies creates the idea
that small businesses in general are incompetent, incabable and maybe
even evil. When the truth is that is where to go to get the best quality
and service.